Lighting Design Manager

About Us

Inhabit is a unique, multi-disciplinary team of professionals who are passionate about making a positive contribution to our built environment.

We are a collective of experienced architects, designers, engineers and detailers who work both independently and in partnership to form a holistic approach to the services that we offer. We believe that our respective areas of expertise can be integrated to allow seamless interdisciplinary synergy to create buildings that are more relevant to our evolving society.

We are focused on design-led engineering, providing technical and comprehensive solutions that thoughtfully and creatively consider aesthetics, engineering, cost, procurement, and sustainability driving towards a building that is sensitive and inspirational within its socio-cultural context.

The Lighting Design Manager forms part of the Lighting Design team within the global structure of the company and assumes general responsibilities that pro-actively contribute to the growth of Lighting Design consultancy capabilities across the globe. This includes responsibility for all design, documentation, administration and compliance with project constraints undertaken for lighting design consultancy. You will also need to fulfill legal responsibilities commensurate with your position.

Your overarching responsibility will be to grow the lighting business locally, regionally and internationally into a professional and profitable business. You will grow the business to a point where multiple lighting designers will be required across different offices that you will need to oversee from a management and technical basis. This is to be carried out under guidance from management.

The following is an overview of responsibilities and performance standards required of the Lighting Design Manager:

• Major Function
• Project Operation / Management
• Customer / Client Service
• Marketing and Business Development
• Technical Quality Control
• Mentoring, Training and Personal Growth

• Duties include but not limited to:
  Deliver work undertaken by self or through the supervision of lighting staff
• Create, build and maintain business opportunities in this field and create an identity of the specialist lighting activities
• Provide high quality, unique design for specialist lighting needs. The design shall interpret the needs of Clients, work with the architectural features and co-ordinate with other disciplines
• Provide leadership to project/design teams to ensure quality outputs
• Work in close co-operation with Clients, Architects and other members of the consultancy team
• Manage the allocation of work to Lighting team to ensure sufficient resources
• Foster cross-pollinisation opportunities in the Lighting team and promote an active interest in the other disciplines (Façade, BMU, Acoustics, Building Physics, Logistics etc..) in order to further develop the teams’ specialist skills
• Prepare project proposals including where necessary coordination of inputs from other disciplines
• Participate actively in networking functions/committees promoting Inhabit
• Provide training to other members of the Lighting team as the business unit develops over time
• Assist the Director with Lighting staff performance reviews
• Actively look for new staff resources and assist the Director in recruitment activities
• Resolve day to day staffing issues
• Keep up to date with lighting analysis software programs and products new to the market that will help develop our business

You shall be responsible for efficient and profitable completion of all projects and tasks under your control whilst maintaining excellent technical standards and client satisfaction.

Detailed responsibilities and/or targets include:

• Cost planning and output required to meet project budgets
• Managing clients to secure work, marketing and fee proposals
• Allocation and management of time to suit programs and project budgets. Ensure projects are completed on‑time and without cost overrun
• Ensure high technical standing on the project such that client complaints do not arise

You shall continually strengthen client loyalty and gain repeat…